Marlon McCree
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| Denver Broncos — No. 20 | |
| Safety | |
| Date of birth: March 17, 1977 | |
| Place of birth: Orlando, Florida | |
| Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Weight: 202 lb (92 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2001 for the Jacksonville Jaguars | |
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| College: Kentucky | |
| NFL Draft: 2001 / Round: 7 / Pick: 233 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
Marlon Tarron McCree (born March 17, 1977 in Orlando, Florida) is an American football safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kentucky.
McCree has also played for the Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers and San Diego Chargers.
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[edit] Early years
McCree attended Atlantic High School in Port Orange, Florida and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. Married; children: Erica Shantrell, Morgan Nicole.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] 2001 NFL Draft
McCree played four years at the University of Kentucky and was drafted in the 7th round 233rd overall of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Pre-draft measureables | |||||||||
| Wt | 40 yd | 20 ss | 3-cone | Vert | BP | Wonderlic | |||
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| 197 lb* | 4.62s* | 4.14s* | 7.36s* | 38"* | 10* | 16*[1] | |||
(* represents NFL Combine)
[edit] Jacksonville Jaguars
McCree played a lot during his first two seasons, getting into all but three games, and making six interceptions in 2002.
[edit] Houston Texans
McCree was waived by the Jaguars in 2003 and was picked up by the Houston Texans. On December 21, 2003 he scored his first career touchdown, a 95 yard interception return off of the Tennessee Titans' Steve McNair.
[edit] Carolina Panthers
McCree was claimed off waivers by the Carolina Panthers prior to the 2005 NFL season, where he served as the starting free safety. McCree recorded three interceptions in the regular season, and snatched two passes in a 23-0 rout of the New York Giants in the first round of the playoffs.
[edit] San Diego Chargers
On March 11, 2006, the San Diego Chargers signed McCree to a five year deal through 2010 with $16 Million guaranteed.[2].
On November 12, 2006 in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, he hit Bengals wide receiver T. J. Houshmandzadeh before the ball got there. Houshmandzadeh was hurt on the play, and McCree apologized. After the game T.J. Houshmandzadeh said that McCree did nothing wrong during the play. Marlon McCree was not fined or suspended by the NFL.
During a January 14, 2007, playoff game against the New England Patriots, McCree had a critical fourth quarter interception with the Chargers leading, 21-13. However, while tackling McCree following the interception, Patriots wide receiver Troy Brown managed to strip the ball away from him. Reche Caldwell would recover for the Patriots which gave them a fresh set of downs, and they took advantage of that by scoring a touchdown and a two-point conversion to tie the game at 21. The Patriots eventually won, 24-21, and McCree's fumble ultimately was the game-changing play. McCree's interception came on 4th down, so he and the Chargers would have been better had he simply knocked the ball to the ground. Even had he not fumbled the ball, the Chargers would have gotten worse field position than had he simply knocked the ball down. When asked about the fumble his response was "I was trying to make a play".
On February 28, 2008 the Chargers released Mcree. He had 3 years remaining on his contract. This release was mostly to allow more playing time for safety Eric Weddle.
[edit] Denver Broncos
On March 8, 2008, McCree was signed by the Denver Broncos.
